1. SUBURBIA AND THE CHALLENGE OF METROPOLITAN GROWTH

2. LOS ANGELES:CITY, COUNTY
Location within in the state of California

3. Topics of Discussion: First Cut
Heterogeneity
Political Tenor
Public Service Delivery
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4. Heterogeneity of Sprawling Settlements
Functional Specialization (bedroom, industrial, commercial)
Class Specialization
Specialized Spatial Patterns
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5. Political Tenor Partisanship How Conservative
Generally Republican
Exceptions
How Conservative
Education
Transportation (freeways)
Distinctive Kinds of Politics?
Autonomy
Growth
Access
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6. Public Service Delivery
Metropolitan districts
Examples
SEPTA
New York Port Authority
CONTROL: a central issue between politicians and technocrats
Special Districts – Building permits on the California Coast
California Coastal Commission
Contracting Out Services
Issues of efficiency
Issues of patronage
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7. DISCUSSING SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT: Second Cut
TOPICS
Transportation and the Politics of Metropolitan Growth
Land Management and the Politics of Metropolitan Growth
Consequences of Unrestricted Suburban Growth
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8. TRANSPORTATION AND THE POLITICS OF METROPOLITAN GROWTH
Incentives for Freeways
Suburban Gridlock
Conflict over Transportation Policies
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9. LAND MANAGEMENT AND METROPOLITAN GROWTH-APPROACHES
Limited Growth Zoning Plans
State wide land-use controls (Hawaii, Vermont, and Maine)
Dual Permit Systems (California)
Metropolitan Policymaking with Local Implementation (Twin Cities)
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10. CONSEQUENCES OF UNRESTRICTED METROPOLITAN GROWTH
Uncontrolled Sprawl
Loss of Accountability
Proliferation of Governments
Urban Sprawl
Los Angeles
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11. Biases of Unrestricted Suburban Growth
Land speculators and real estate developers
Controversy over what constitutes the public good
Multi-centered restricts citizen input to restricted geopolitical fiefdoms.
Characteristics of urban sprawl are the de- facto consequence of concentrating poor and racial minority in central cities
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